一、“童子”传说和回归故乡题材的大江文学大江在《愁容童子》的世界里以“童子”的形象为中心,重新构建了流传于日本四国地区的大众领袖的传说。在大江文学中,“童子”的形象与其所描绘的明治维新前后风云激荡的时代是紧密相关的。以审视日本近现代历史为理念的大江文学通常把江户幕府末期作为其历史叙述的基本出发点。无论是加速了日本封建体制衰亡的农民暴动,还是为推进日本国家的近代化,不惜牺牲普通大众利益的明治时期的民众暴 I. The “Oki” legend and the return to the hometown of Oda literature Oda in the “sad boy” world in the “boy” image as the center, rebuilt the popular leader in Japan’s Shikoku region legend. In Oe Literature, the image of “boy” is closely related to the stormy era before and after the Meiji Reform described by him. Oe Literature, which takes the view of Japan’s modern history as its concept, usually takes the late Edo period as the basic starting point for its historical narration. Whether it is the peasant riots that accelerated the decline of the Japanese feudal system or the popular violence of the Meiji era at the expense of the general public for the modernization of the Japanese nation,